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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Until inclosure c. 1816 open-field arable occupied the centre of the parish, between heath in the north-west and … south-east of Ditton Green. 3 Ditton Valence's home farm, with four teams in 1086, was diminished by grants to Thetford … (uncat.), Rutland box 10, deeds 1805. Ibid. Rutland box 3, letter 28 Mar. 1815; ibid. R 63/27 (uncat.), ct. bk. B, pp. …
The Environs of London
… Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies … son, four of his best ambling mares, his best gown lined with sitches, and his russet gown lined with fox. To the … several of the comedies of Plautus. He published a letter to David Garrick, Esq. concerning a glossary to the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Woodford WOODFORD The ancient parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and … The soil is chalk containing a large amount of flint, with gravel in the river valley, and the land is mostly … stones, and two carved stones, one bearing the initials 'R.P.', are incorporated in the house itself. All these appear …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. The wealth of woodland in Woodford long determined the … restricting the amount of arable land. The Domesday survey with its estimate that 500 swine could be pastured there … or two cows for every 4 annual rent. The parish reeve branded cattle with the mark for Woodford parish: 60 'M' …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Church, is a house of two storeys and an attic, built in the middle of the 17th century, and subsequently considerably … are of stone, except the N. gable, which is timber-framed, with brick filling. The roofs are tiled. Two chimney stacks … one room has original bolection-moulded panelling, with a carved and moulded cornice, all now painted. On the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Ferrers is a parish and village 6 m. S.W. of Maldon. The church, Bicknacre Priory and Edwin's Hall are the … the S. end of the village. The walls are of mixed rubble with dressings of limestone; the roofs are tiled. The Nave … hell's mouth in right lower corner, scrolls with black-letter inscriptions, one reading, "Surgite incriminati ad …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Village Map Woodnewton is a parish of 565 hectares in the Forest of Rockingham. The village lies on the N. side of Willow Brook and consists of a single street with a back lane on the N. Closes shown on the Enclosure Map … one roof. The two parts were combined in 1936 (Brassey letter 1940, at Apethorpe Hall). The door jambs are incised …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Church Church. The church, of which the south doorway is of the 12th … but to the vill. 36 In 1445 the leading burgesses joined with the chapelwardens in an agreement with Bladon … MS. Oxf. Dioc. c 664, ff. 120-50. For Curme see Wilb. Letter Bk. (O.R.S. xlvii), pp. 125, 288, 289 n. Wilb. Letter …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Economic history Economic history In the century after its foundation the town prospered, … 1580) all became mayor. Some may have combined their trade with innkeeping, notably John Norris who held the Crown in … 16971800 (O.H.S. N.S. xxxi), p. x. P.R.O., C 104/109, letter to John Cary 1694; F. von Kielmansegge, Diary of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a … principal residences before and after his association with Rosamund and indeed the town may have post-dated her … the surrender to June. Cal. S.P. Dom. 1644, 459, 507, 528. Letter Bks. of Sir S. Luke (Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. xlii), …